Petrochemicals
Improve refinery reformate yields
This refiner installed a hybrid catalytic reforming unit to raise octane of the gasoline blending pool
Increase gasoline production—a case study
Adjusting naphtha product cuts from the crude unit increased gasoline production without a major revamp
Rethink the handling of acid gases
Consider these guidelines to improve management of hydrogen sulfide in your refinery
Is nitrogen really inert as a blanketing medium?
New investigation finds that this gas is soluble in hydrocracker feed
Develop more accurate prediction of flash points
New calculation improves estimating minimum flash temperature for petroleum products
Distillation column relief loads—Part 2
The conventional method is expanded and a series of guidelines are developed
Improve crude oil fractionation by distributed distillation
Heat-integrated distributed distillation in crude oil fractionation can reduce energy consumption and emissions
Mega-olefin plant design: Reality now
Bigger is better, when planning future ethylene processing capacity
Why do I need to inventory greenhouse gas emissions?
Growing concerns on climate change require the petrochemical industry to measure and to monitor carbon dioxide and other listed gases
What is driving changes in polyolefin catalysts and catalyst technology?
Improved resin performance and new applications require next-generation polymer advances
- OMV and XRG complete transactions to create Borouge International, boosting global chemicals leadership 3/31
- Gevo announces major ethanol expansion project at North Dakota (U.S.) facility 3/31
- BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF’s newest acrylates based on renewable electricity: Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate RE 3/31
- INPEX extends MoU with Persero for Abadi LNG project in Indonesia 3/31
- Russian oil tanker enters anchorage of Cuba's Matanzas port 3/31
- China's smaller independent refiners to curb output on rising oil prices 3/31
